Arsonists cause £20,000 damage to pavilion at historic Leeds park
By Tony Gardner
ARSONISTS have caused around £20,000 damage in an attack at an historic Leeds park.
ARSONISTS have caused around £20,000 damage in an attack at an historic Leeds park.
A pavilion used to store furniture and equipment in Charlie Cake Park, Armley, was badly damaged after being torched yesterday evening.
It is the worst in a spate of recent incidents at the much-loved Victorian park, one of the oldest public open spaces in the city.
Brooke Nelson, chairman of Armley Common Rights Trust, the body in charge of the upkeep of the park, said trustees were devastated by the attack.
Improvements
He told the YEP: "We were supposed to be meeting an architect later today to discuss some of the new improvements we had planned for the park.
"Instead we will now be assessing the damage and deciding how to carry out the repairs. It is only in the last year or so we've had problems with people breaking in."
It is the worst in a spate of recent incidents at the much-loved Victorian park, one of the oldest public open spaces in the city.
Brooke Nelson, chairman of Armley Common Rights Trust, the body in charge of the upkeep of the park, said trustees were devastated by the attack.
Improvements
He told the YEP: "We were supposed to be meeting an architect later today to discuss some of the new improvements we had planned for the park.
"Instead we will now be assessing the damage and deciding how to carry out the repairs. It is only in the last year or so we've had problems with people breaking in."
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